Scanning a beam of light in a digital image recorder
US6855923B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 5, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 15, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 5, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B7/14
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus for scanning a beam of light in a digital image recorder includes a curved writing surface translating in at least one direction relative to a stationary frame, a rotatable shaft having a first reflective surface not translating in the at least one direction relative to the stationary frame, and a light source emitting a beam of light directed to the reflective surface for reflection to the curved writing surface.
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